Silicon solar cells: toward the efficiency limits

LC Andreani, A Bozzola, P Kowalczewski… - … in Physics: X, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Photovoltaic (PV) conversion of solar energy starts to give an appreciable contribution to
power generation in many countries, with more than 90% of the global PV market relying on …

Silicon nanostructures for photonics and photovoltaics

F Priolo, T Gregorkiewicz, M Galli, TF Krauss - Nature nanotechnology, 2014 - nature.com
Silicon has long been established as the material of choice for the microelectronics industry.
This is not yet true in photonics, where the limited degrees of freedom in material design …

Photon management in two-dimensional disordered media

K Vynck, M Burresi, F Riboli, DS Wiersma - Nature materials, 2012 - nature.com
Elaborating reliable and versatile strategies for efficient light coupling between free space
and thin films is of crucial importance for new technologies in energy efficiency …

Deterministic quasi-random nanostructures for photon control

ER Martins, J Li, YK Liu, V Depauw, Z Chen… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Controlling the flux of photons is crucial in many areas of science and technology. Artificial
materials with nano-scale modulation of the refractive index, such as photonic crystals, are …

Progress in plasmonic solar cell efficiency improvement: A status review

P Mandal, S Sharma - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Solar cell efficiency improvement has been one of the major concerns to realize ultimately
the cost effective efficient solar cells. Among various ways to improve solar cell efficiency …

Photonic-structured TiO2 for high-efficiency, flexible and stable Perovskite solar cells

S Haque, MJ Mendes, O Sanchez-Sobrado, H Águas… - Nano Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
Optical solutions are promising for Perovskite solar cell (PSC) technology, not only to
increase efficiency, but also to allow thinner absorber layers (higher flexibility) and improve …

Light trapping in solar cells: simple design rules to maximize absorption

K Li, S Haque, A Martins, E Fortunato, R Martins… - Optica, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Solar cells can strongly benefit from optical strategies capable of providing the desired
broadband absorption of sunlight and consequent high conversion efficiency. While many …

Research and development efforts on texturization to reduce the optical losses at front surface of silicon solar cell

MF Abdullah, MA Alghoul, H Naser, N Asim… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
Silicon wafer-based solar cell contributes to about 92% of the total production of photovoltaic
cells. An average of 30% of the incident light is lost via reflection from the front surface of the …

Disordered photonic structures for light harvesting in solar cells

F Pratesi, M Burresi, F Riboli, K Vynck, DS Wiersma - Optics express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
The effect of periodic and disordered photonic structures on the absorption efficiency of
amorphous and crystalline Silicon thin-film solar cells is investigated numerically. We show …

Black oxide nanoparticles as durable solar absorbing material for high-temperature concentrating solar power system

J Moon, TK Kim, B VanSaders, C Choi, Z Liu… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2015 - Elsevier
Concentrating solar power is becoming an increasingly important part of the renewable
energy portfolio. However, further cost reduction is desired to make CSP competitive with …